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Minnesota

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Minnesota $250,073 - $290,715 228,067 - 355,321
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 1.9 - 2.1 2.0 - 3.2

 

Commodities Originating in Minnesota

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment 6.8 - 10.4
43 Mixed freight 6.0 - 7.8
34 Machinery 5.5 - 6.9
07-R Other prepared foodstuffs, and fats and oils 4.8 - 7.4
31 Non-metallic mineral products 3.0 - 9.2
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in Minnesota

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
14 Metallic ores and concentrates 14.6 - 26.0
02 Cereal grains (includes seed) 10.0 - 18.4
31 Non-metallic mineral products 5.4 - 17.2
07-R Other prepared foodstuffs, and fats and oils 1.7 - 10.9
04 Animal feed, eggs, honey, and other products of animal origin 2.7 - 6.7
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from Minnesota

Destination % of Value
Minnesota 35.1 - 43.5
Wisconsin 6.3 - 8.5
Iowa 3.5 - 7.5
Illinois 4.0 - 5.8
California 3.1 - 4.5
Texas 2.8 - 3.8
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from Minnesota

Destination % of Weight
Minnesota 46.6 - 55.0
Wisconsin 6.2 - 13.6
Illinois 3.1 - 6.3
Indiana 1.7 - 6.5
North Dakota 1.6 - 3.8
Ohio -0.1 - 4.7
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Minnesota

Origin % of Value
Minnesota 39.1 - 46.5
Wisconsin 7.7 - 13.9
Illinois 5.4 - 6.8
Iowa 2.8 - 4.2
California 2.3 - 4.5
Texas 1.5 - 2.5
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Minnesota

Origin % of Weight
Minnesota 52.7 - 61.5
Wisconsin 4.8 - 17.2
Montana 2.1 - 7.5
Wyoming 1.2 - 7.4
Iowa 2.5 - 5.5
South Dakota 1.3 - 4.3
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Minnesota

Mode % of Value
Truck 71.2 - 76.0
Air (includes truck and air) 2.3 - 4.1
Rail 3.1 - 7.9
Water 0.1 - 1.1
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 15.7 - 18.7
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 14.4 - 17.0
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Minnesota

Mode % of Weight
Truck 58.6 - 71.0
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail 18.5 - 31.7
Water 0.0 - 7.7
Pipeline1 0.0 - 0.3
Multiple modes2 3.3 - 9.5
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.1 - 0.5
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Minnesota

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 25.3 - 31.5
50 to 99 7.3 - 9.9
100 to 249 11.6 - 15.6
250 to 499 12.9 - 16.1
500 to 749 8.4 - 11.6
750 to 999 7.3 - 9.5
1,000 to 1,499 11.9 - 14.9
1,500 to 1,999 2.3 - 3.7
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Minnesota

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 37.8 - 46.2
50 to 99 10.3 - 17.7
100 to 249 8.9 - 15.9
250 to 499 8.4 - 13.6
500 to 749 8.0 - 11.2
750 to 999 2.6 - 5.2
1,000 to 1,499 5.3 - 8.5
1,500 to 1,999 0.1 - 0.5
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Minnesota

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 1.0 - 2.0
31-33 Manufacturing 40.8 - 48.8
42 Wholesale trade 37.1 - 50.3
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 1.5 - 3.7
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage 1.8 - 3.2
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices NA
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in Minnesota

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 21.7 - 37.9
31-33 Manufacturing 28.7 - 42.3
42 Wholesale trade 30.8 - 35.6
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.0 - 0.4
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage 0.4 - 0.8
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 0.0 - 0.7
Total NA

NA Not applicable. The estimate and/or standard error needed to calculate the 90% confidence interval was either suppressed (because of high sampling variability or poor response quality), rounded to zero, or a data cell equal to zero.

1 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).

2 Multiple modes inlcudes Parcel, U.S.P.S, or courier, Truck-Rail, Truck-Water, Rail-Water, and Other multiple modes.

3 For tabulation and publication purposes, NAICS 484 is grouped with NAICS 4931.

07-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel were included in SCTG 07. In the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel moved to SCTG 18.

08-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, alcohols intended for use as fuel such as ethanol, although not specifically identified, were included in SCTG 08. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol moved to SCTG 17.

17-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, fuel alcohols such as ethanol were included in SCTG 08, although not specifically identified. Also, kerosene was included in SCTG 19. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol, fuel alcohols, and kerosene moved to SCTG 17.

18-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, biodiesel, although not specifically identified, was included in SCTG 07. In the 2012 CFS, biodiesel moved to SCTG 18.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2012 Commodity Flow Survey data, December 2014.